Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:21:55 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: Julien Gabel <jpeg@thilelli.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Formatting an email for this list using vi Message-ID: <20031117162155.GA47312@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <49662.194.119.92.65.1069083849.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> References: <.128.250.18.41.1069023480.squirrel@www.k1x.org> <20031117144422.GA94866@charter.net> <49662.194.119.92.65.1069083849.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net>
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On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 04:44:09PM +0100, Julien Gabel typed: > >> I have just started learning to use vi, and remember someone posting > >> something a while ago about how to re-format an email reply to have > >> proper 60 character width or something like that, does anyone remember > >> how that is done? > > > When you're in the editor: > > > > :set wm=20 > > > > will give 60 character wrap. (ie 80-20 = 60) (Note, I've > > done this here in this message and this is the wrap I'm > > getting. > > Don't forget to set the columns option to 80 in order to this > tip to work. This option is set to 161 by default on my fresh > 5.1-RELEASE installation. I use ":set wraplen=72". Works regardless of column width. Ruben > -- > -jg. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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